rob: it is monday august 27th, in connection with mass shooting at video game shooting in jacksonville. jackie: new details. honoring american war hero. rob: live to rename senate building in his honor. jackie: controversial new plan that has even -- everyone talking this morning.

"fox & friends first" starts right now. ♪ ♪ >> a beautiful week that new york city. rob: a hot one. jackie: which is beautiful, i can't wait. we are loving it. come on over. we are watching "fox & friends first", i'm jackie ibañez. rob: i'm rob schmitt, thanks for starting to day with us. gunman accused of opening fire at video game tournament. jackie: phil keating with more including identity of two

victims, phil. >> the sheriff says he's not looking for any other suspects, they believe they have the one and only dead on the scene over my shoulder is the landing that's in downtown jacksonville right on st. john's rif, popular entertainment complex, a lot of fun and laughing yesterday in the afternoon things turned terrifying and chaotic that's when the suspect lost qualifying rounds for madden nfl championship series, online video gaming tournament and decided to start shooting with gun he had in his body then again according to witnesses and the killer 44-year-old david out of baltimore, maryland, atf and fbi searched his home, apartment there in upscale neighborhood, closed down that scene as well. according to witnesses inside

the qualifying tournament, it was absolutely terrifying. >> people were being trampled, people were hiding in fear. >> two dead total plus the shooter, 11 people injured, nine of them apparently shot as well. the victims, the dead have been identifying as taylor robertson out of west virginia and clayton out of woodland hills, california. >> we know the suspect used at least one handgun to commit this act and we are working again with our partners at atf on that aspect of the investigation. >> so people were watching this online tournament around the country and, of course, suddenly you heard gunshots in that live stream, david, 24 year's old, the killer, again, he was pretty well known out there among gaming community and had opinion

of his gaming skills, back to you. rob: unbelievable that's the motive for all of this, phil. thank you so much. >> yeah. rob: u.s. army soldier is among four killed in sky diving plane cash, sergeant served as demonstrators for the army's golden knight parachute team, he was off duty at the time. small aircraft burst into flames, one passenger in critical condition, the crash is under investigation. the soldier survived by his parents. it's real, we will open country's border on gaza trip after weeks of violence and talks of cease fire, forcing air strikes in response. jackie: tropical storm lane

leaving hawaii under water, slammed with more than 4 feet of rain causing dozens of landslides one of them pushing bolder in busy highway. dozens of residents forced to evacuate as officials threaten of flash floodings. thousands are without power this morning. mollie tibbetts gives tragically good-bye, today we need to turn the page, we are at the end of long ordeal but we need to turn towards life, mollie's life, nobody's victim, mollie's my hero. christian rivera accused of chasing and killing mollie.

rob: tributes pouring in for senator john mccain who died of age of 81, we expect to learn today about memorial services. jackie: people remembering the maverick of the senate. >> good morning, jackie, good morning, rob, yeah, ever since saturday evening when he did pass and later this morning we are expecting to give more details, media briefing from the late senator's former campaign manager and family spokesperson, find out exactly how this american hero will be honored. the first ceremonies would be here in adopted state. on wednesday casket to state capitol building where he will lie for public viewing this after private ceremony with his family. john mccain represented arizona since 1992, first two-term member of the house and six-term u.s. senator, the responsibility

of filling seat in congress lines with governor doug docey. >> john mccain is irreplaceable. this week will be about honoring and legacy and comforting his family and we will deal with that responsibility at the appropriate time. >> continuing the ceremonies on thursday, mccain's motorcade will leave state capitol grounds for service at north phoenix baptist church at the conclusion of what his office was calling a celebration of his life and legacy, his casket will be flown to washington, d.c. where he will lie and stay at u.s. capitol rotunda and following national memorial service at washington national cathedral and per his wishes buried at the cemetery, naval academy in indianapolis, maryland, jackie, rob. rob: we will follow that all

week, alicia thank you so much. jackie: thank you. candidates making final pitch to voters before critical primaries in arizona, more that he mcsally, kelly ward and sheriff joe arpaio for republican for retiring jeff flake seat. in florida ron desantis against adam putnam for gop primary governor and current melania trg from the eisenhower to south lawn, replace a tree that was removed earlier this year

according to white house, attending tree-planting ceremony eisenhower's daughter. rob: training to become kids to become school shooters at new mexico compound and now target is revealed. jackie: big win on war on terror, u.s. air strikes taking out isis lead ner afghanistan, why our next guest says heavy use of air power will stop here. don't go anywhere.

jackie: welcome back, major win win on war against isis. rob: military commander takes over in that region next weekend. jackie: what should with expect? international relations rebecca grant, thanks so much for

joining us this morning. >> good morning. jackie: we have 3 of the top guys killed in the last 2 years, what should we expect moving forward with new leader coming from the u.s. military starting this weekend? >> right, try to hit taliban hard enough to make them negotiate so i expect to see a continued heavy use of air power, 746 air strikes carried out in july and more than we have seen in 5-year period, that's very important to go forward and with the new commander miller is someone who is experienced in afghanistan, he was on the ground in 1993 leading rescue efforts after black hawk down, this is a real expert in counterinsurgency and counter forces. rob: it makes you wonder why there was such reluctance to use this kind of force in the

previous administration, growing problem, growing threat, they captured a lot of land because of failure to really take them seriously, what was the reluck tanky, you think? >> attempt to drawdown forces in afghanistan and what we saw is mini surge, using tactics and bringing advisers closer to fight to help afghanistan forces control more of that territory, air power is leading part of that with special operations forces working there, i think what we see president trump reluctant but doubled down to make strategy work to bring parties into some form of negotiation, that hasn't happened yet but that's still our strategy. jackie: i want to talk about north korea, the meeting seemed to go really well and gridlock

of nothing really happening, both parties stopping there. >> perfect, jackie, the denuking is on track but the railroad engine has stopped. north korea says that they have destroyed nuclear test site, taken apart missile testing equipment and, of course, returned remains so now they want some concessions, but what trump and pompeo and secretary mattis are saying, you have to do more, you to see real progress towards denuclearization and that would be an inventory of the weapon sites, letting in inspectors, bringing out some fuel rodríguez, things that they haven't been able to do. big sticks points peace treaty and north korea's security guaranties. rob: is the administration idealizing the potential of this? it sure seems like this would be unimaginable if you got kim jong un to really cooperate with something like this because i don't think it has his best interest at heart, if he wants

to retain power of this, you know, country for the rest of his life and keep regime in place, you you know, how does he win here i guess is my question? >> great question, rob, kim jong un has a unique opportunity to reach out for economic development and as our commander in korea general brook says there is no going back for north korea, the un security council is still locked arms, kim needs and wants sanction's relief but going forward is the only thing, president trump told us in may it would go as slowly or quickly as kim jong un wants, it's about the political will in kim jong un's heart as our -- it's really on his shoulders. we have to keep the pressure on military and the sanction's pressure. rob: yeah. jackie: john mccain's lasting impact on military as he passed this weekend, a lot of thoughts on him this morning, what would you say about his impact on the military? >> as a national security analysts john mccain was a navy

man through and through, naval aviation, he could be really tough on the air force, he made sure it was always admiral and command in the pacific but under his time in the senate naval aviation flourished. they got the new super hornet fighter, pa surveillance plane and set aviation up for radical new f-35 fighter, his legacy in naval aviation is what i think about rob: so many different places on so many different people. we appreciate it. >> thank you. jack: time now 17 off the hour, officers under fire, gunman unleashing barrage of bullets on police. wait until you see what happens next. rob: and the president's approval rating holding somewhat steady despite what you hear from democrats especially after last week, why our next guest

noel says why the president's base is quite solid. foreign. jack: hi these folks, they don't have time to go to the post office they have businesses to grow customers to care for lives to get home to they use stamps.com print discounted postage for any letter any package any time right from your computer all the amazing services of the post office only cheaper get our special tv offer a 4-week trial plus postage and a digital scale go to stamps.com/tv and never go to the post office again!

jackie: welcome back, 21 minutes after the hour, city leader accusing to putting city in danger, right now they can only join forces if lives are in immediate danger, union representing ice says the mayor isn't doing job to keep people safe. rob: trump bashing espn josé jamile hill. the new york post says the

company will buyout her 4-year 10 million-dollar contract. yes, that's right. hill first came under fire last year when she called the president a white supremacist, she was suspended before moving to writing role. jackie: all right, president trump's approval rating hitting 46%. rob: media outlets felt need to conduct poll after news of paul manafort and michael cohen. jackie: why are so democrats see so shocked to see americans support policies, hey, thank you so much for joining us. >> thanks for having me. jackie: why is this happening?

>> back when he was running for office he made the radical promises, he told people in i'm in office i will do the following, we will have a booming economy and do you remember when he said we will will be so sick of winning and we won't know what to do with ourselves, look at the economy, look at what's going on with job rates, look at people being employed, look at companies giving back, he is doing everything that he said, supreme court, you know, filled that seat as well, fill another probably can kavanaugh, i think what's happening is, you know, you have two things going on, you have campaign promises being filled and you have his base rallying around him and very excited and then on the forth side, the media, the only thing they can do is tout a negative message on anything they perceive negative on the president and that's all you

hear negative rhetoric. rob: you have to admit, it was a rough week, fixer, attorney general, implicating him in a crime. >> right. rob: makes you wonder because even myself was shocked that his rating didn't go down, is his support steady, all this baked into it, nothing sticks to him, do people just come to expect from the president because he's gone through so much negative media it's hard to make impact anymore? >> great point, i wrote a book called branding america and donald trump, you're witnessing right now has a brand, really so many things that have happened within presidency and when he was running for office that have not stuck to him, he has strong support and i think why people are upset with twitter use but that is why he resorts to twitter yaws is because it's his audience, he has to get message out because it's negative on the

other side, if you really look at it, donald trump has got double-digits in the millions of followest and if you think about the viewers of other cable networks he's got more twitter followers that are listening to his message than mainstream media has in viewers, so think about about it, he has to get message out, by the way, folks, this is false, what's happening is false, here is what's really happening in his own words. jackie: do you think he changed the presidency moving forward? [laughter] >> well, he certainly has changed the presidency moving forward. he really has and i think that's why the mainstream media is so upset with him, this is not a normal presidency, i mean, if you look at this, we are all 24/7 working the news business because of the tweets, because of what they are discovering, you know, against trump and what they are trying to prove with investigations which we know has turn intoed a witch hunt. so if you look at this, this is

a revolving door of news, what we used to have that would last a week in the news business is really lasting a couple of hours before we have the next segment of breaking news. rob: cohen-manafort, readied the poll dropped maybe 2 points, the it was not dramatic fall, a lot of people were expecting double-digit drop from that and it didn't happened, thank you so much for your time, we appreciate it. >> thanks for having me. rob: target revealed kids training in new mexico extremist compound, we are -- were going to target a hospital, what else was uncovered in a terror manifesto? jackie: thousands unit to protest supreme nominee brett kavanaugh, we are live in washington next sleep disturbances keep 1 in 3 adults up at night. only remfresh uses ion-powered melatonin to deliver up to 7 hours of sleep support.

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rob: we are back to fox news alert, compound in were planning attack on hospital. jackie: todd piro live. >> good morning, citing interviews with 11 children found starved and living in squaller, grady hospital as target wanting to confront so-called corrupt institutions possibly because of treatment her mother received there. in addition, investigators discovered 10-page document which allegedly instructed children to shoot or otherwise attack the nonbeliever. authorities adding that partner would laugh and joke about dying in jihad. you'll recall that he took 3-year-old son of georgia out to

new mexico. the latest filings for prosecutors come as part of their appeal of a district judge's order that could allow at least 3 of the 5 adult defendants to be released on house arrest with just ankle monitors, judge said the previous evidence was troubling but did not indicate in her words any clear threat to public safety. in addition to child abuse charges also being held on akizations by federal immigration authorities that she overstayed her nonimmigrant visa after arriving 20 years ago from haiti. jackie. jackie: such an awful story, thank you, todd. turning the gun on himself, witnesses say the shooter had just lost in tournament and was

upset about that, investigators are working to figure out a a motive. stop what you're doing on this one, it's crazy. terrifying body cam footage shows the rooky officer confronting 23-year-old charles as he walks out the door of the albuquerque store and you can see the gun, the officer ten weeks out of the academy did not fire back, later arrested, nobody was hurt. rob: federal judge set to rule on 3d printed guns, block release up until now, the president or congress should solve the bigger picture problem, the man posting it online is second amendment right and critics say threat to public safety.

governor jim appointing evans till the court until november special election, their appointments coming after state's entire supreme court was impeached over wasteful spending and criminal misconduct allegations, the four of them combined spending nearly $4 million on lavish office renovations, unbelievable story. >> senator john mccain remembered around the world for his ability to polarize politics and reunite across the country. >> despite our differences much more units us than divides us, we are fellow americans and that's an association that means more to me than any other. [cheers and applause] >> all right, joining us now to react the -- to the legacy former strategists for the

mccain-palin 2008 campaign and the author of jumping the aisle, oliver mcgee joins us today, thank you so much, sir, for coming on. you lost a friend over the weekend and the country lost a great man, somebody that really made this country proud. >> absolutely, rob, i in preparing for the segment i read wonderful tribute by his good friend lieberman. i came away with the sense that john mccain was maverick, independent like joe lieberman but they were law make nester the spirit demand my book jumping aisle i talk about how we can be a continue -- contrarian and these two mavericks and independents and worked across the aisle in

bipartisanship and worked very closely on 9/11 on the commission and bringing that as independent commission to essentially lead to recommendations for the complete reorganization of the defense and security apparatus that we enjoy today under president trump and that was the first organization since cold war, truman days, this was in the spirit of james and these were really, really great thinkers and this is what john mccain and joe lieberman gave us in john mccain's legacy and legacy for politics for john mccain because he introduced me to great, where i was graduate student in arizona and i was working in office helping him as additional maverick in law making with john mccain. jackie: tell us what it was like to be behind the scenes with

senator john mccain? >> i found him to be a very good mentor as i referenced in bringing you together, both the two men were very, very good friend and took african american engineer and introduced him to ways of the government and they were really mentoring me. hewas in parkinson's disease, ty gave me a sense to rise up from a calculus book and start thinking about what's good for the benefits of society and taught me about role of science and technology or benefits of society and i ended up in the white house and i'm a white house alumnist standing here right now. my support for john mccain is the public service that i had to do with white house alumnist and you have to step up for war heros and leaders like this who is now lying in the state, and i

keep my condolences for the mccain family. rob: entire life devote today this country in one way or another and what a story he had and this week will be much about remembering the late senator. thank you, sir for your time, we appreciate it. >> thank you so much folks for having me, i'm honored for. rob: 37 minutes after the hour, democrats to strip power to super delegates, same system that helped secure hillary clinton's nomination, what does this mean to elections going forward, political panel will debate coming up. jackie: controversial plan is forcing dlik went kids to pay hundreds of dollars for skipping class.

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jackie: good morning, welcome back, week out of confirmation of president trump's second supreme court nominee and democrats blocking brett kavanaugh and worried one of their own is on the fence, doug live in washington, d.c. >> activists on the left are still hope to go block the confirmation of supreme court nominee brett kavanaugh. >> we are pro-choice, we are proconstitution, we do not believe that kavanaugh is a good pick and lifting up voices with the people. >> protests over the weekend to keep this issue on the front burner and to build pressure on democrats in the senate, but the momentum to confirm kavanaugh may be building so far he's met with more than 60 senators

including at least a dozen democrats despite some refusing to sit down with him, now, all of this would lead up to confirmation hearings beginning september 4th here on capitol hill and look, a lot of democrats with a lot of pressure from activists to declare opposition even before meeting with kavanaugh and one democrat under pressure is virginia tim kane who is technically on the fence and he's feeling a lot of heat because of that, back to you. rob: thank you so much, doug, we appreciate it. we will take it from here, the democrats overhauling the controversial super delegate system ahead of 2020 as fallouts from hillary clinton's nomination, there was fallout continues to haunt the party. >> making sure that at the end of the day when the process is done to select the democratic nominee that they feel like their candidate got a fair

shake. rob: all right, so what does this mean for elections going forward for the democrats? joining us now to debate that gop strategists erin elmore and democratic strategists antjuan, they can kind of do whatever they want, the presidents want to wheel in power to make it so the wheel of the people as i understand it is more important in the selection of the candidate, antjuan, your party doing this, what do you think of the decision? >> i commend the leadership of the dnc for what they were able to do over the weekend and while some some in the media want to harp on one aspect of what happened saturday, reform that was probably overdue in our party which expanded the opportunity for people to vote in person and caucuses, we made

access to the ballot more accessible for young people, military, college students, we also made it easier for those who participate in caucuses, few you can not be at caucus to show up, you can vote absentee, i think it was well needed. rob: caucuses where people go help choose candidate for party and had to be there and sounds like now you don't have to be there to make your case, to make vote. erin, what do you think of the changes and the downside? >> downside, congratulations to the to the democratic party for embracing democratic values, they are believing in the will of the people instead of top down, bottom-up lock-step approach. and the beauty of this is and this is what the democrats want and if you poll democrats this is what they want, a socialist and that's what they're going to get, they are going to get

elizabeth warren and bernie sanders but if you poll the greater america, democrats, independents and republicans, they don't want that, they want someone with traditional american values that believes in safe borders, this strategy is not winning strategy on national level. >> erin, erin, pluto is absolutely ridiculous. >> thank you. >> hillary clinton won the nomination because millions of people around the country showed up in primary process to help her be elected and the democratic process by which we reformed this weekend had nothing to do with how hillary clinton -- >> had everything to do. rob: let me jump in and there iu look at the numbers without super delegates -- >> i love to hear people like erin who from the outside looking in telling us the democratic process. look, you're basically wrong and

you should stick with republican values, what's happening around the country democratic party is expanding, we are going through growing pains, we made a big mistake in 2016 election so party embraced new people. rob: erin, how do you think -- you believe bernie sanders was short-changed in 2016, how do you think that occurred? tell us your case. >> i don't think necessarily think he was short-changed and he was the belief of many democrats and bernie himself indicated that he felt that way, this is not conjecture on my part. the numbers don't lie. >> please allow me to speak as well, thank you very much. this is a process that changed and the will of the democratic people and the party embraced so kudos to you for embracing the democratic value. however, how it would turn out in the polls and i say not so good for democrats. >> i will just fire back and

tell you you're fundamentally wrong. >> tbd. >> people are coming in waves, independents who did the wrong thing in 2016 and realize that friends cannot let friends vote for the republican party in november. >> i don't know what friends you have but mine don't see it that way. rob: candidates give them a better shot at getting something like a nomination which would be the socialist-type candidates as well. so we will see how this all plays. >> make it is process run smoother. rob: whether or not it inspires the base to vote. jackie, over to you. jackie: time now 10 minutes till the top of the hour, confederate statute maybe going right back up. [cheers and applause] yak jack la protestors trying to erase history forgot to check so i can buy from

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rob: calling for confederate statute to be pulled up. >> the police stood by and did nothing as it happened. rob: law demands nearly 105-year-old statute be put back within 90 days, bronze confederate soldier toppled during rally in north carolina last week. jackie: skipping class, cough up the cash, oklahoma high school about to start fining students 250 bucks, rob, 250 bucks for

unexcused absences and that's not all, they could spend up to 15 days in jail for refuse to go show up, listen. >> there's no way that i can afford a 250-dollar fine. >> there are people wanting to drop out of school because of this because they know they can't pay these fines. jackie: we asked if you think this will help or hurt students and the responses are mixed on this, wonderful idea, anthony tweets, this is a bad idea, we should be encouraging kids to want to come to school and not discouraging them and ed on instagram, time to find another school, you know how you can avoid it all? rob: how you will get that money in jackie: i would never stay -- rob: good girl. all right, a major pizza chain

is still apologizing and working to regain your trust. jackie: tracee carrasco from sister network how papa johns is taking action to win you back. tracee: papa johns still apologizing trying to distance themselves from john schnatter and apologizing and we expected better, we know you expected better, so did we, we are sorry, this is one of many apologizes that the company has issued following all of this scandal that has surrounded john schnatter, ceo of the company saying that leadership there has received training in a statement, he said, recently the papa johns leadership completed unconscious bias training will be rolling tout program across the company, leadership is also going to take a listening tour to franchises to kind of get feedback there from the owners

to see what else they can do to make things right with customers. jackie: still summer especially in new york city with the heat wave we will have but it's fall dunkin doughnuts. tracee: it sure is, pumpkin flavored, everything will be back on menu at dunkin donuts, maple cream cheese spread and maple crisp donut and críficky topping. that sounds good. rob: 95-degree this is week. jackie: and you can get a pumpkin doughnut. tracee: there you go. jackie: time for the good, the bad and the ugly, first the good, firefighters climbing in suv pulling people to safety while trapped in flooded roadway, the washout in tucson, arizona pinning the car in concrete pillar leaving stuck

and stranded. rob: police officers or police offer hilarious advice to pot grower after taking 25 plants off of a patch of land in new hampshire. the cops leaving this sign behind saying, sorry about your -- jackie: that was nice of them. finally the ugly, don't drink and ride, the man riding his horse, oh, my goodness, learning the lesson the hard way, the man only known as steve was reportedly drunk when he went to dismount there and horse started dragging him around. he was able to get back up eventually. live and learn. rob: unleaded, diesel. democrats taking border policy to brand-new level saying that illegal entry should not be criminal matter. jackie: immigration studies jessica vaughn says the left is out of touch with americans, she

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